9. No liability is accepted on the part of the Crown or of
   the Land Board to pay to the lessee any compensation for
   improvements, but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration,
   or if it is sooner determined, the new lease offered for disposal
   by public competition will be subject to payment by the
   incoming tenant of an amount equal to the value of buildings
   and improvements effected by the original lessee, and the
   amount so paid by the incoming tenant shall be paid to the
   original lessee without any deduction except for rent or other
   payments in arrear.

10. Lease liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

11. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

12. Interest at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum to be
    paid on rent in arrear.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of
Crown Lands, Auckland.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2481.)

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable
Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 23rd September, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections
are open for selection on renewable lease under the
Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the
District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to
4 o'clock p.m. on Monday, 20th October, 1930.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board
for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, at 10.30 o'clock a.m., on Wednesday, 22nd
October, 1930, but if any applicant so desires he may be
examined by the Land Board of any other district or by
any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the
examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants
who have one or more children dependent on them; to
landless applicants who within two years immediately pre-
ceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice
unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New
Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons
engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connec-
tion with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to
the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to
applicants who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served
beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty's
forces in connection with any war other than the war with
Germany, and to landless applicants in respect of whom the
Board, after taking into consideration the experience and skill
of the applicants in farming operations, the proximity of their
homes to the lands the subject-matter of the ballot, and any
other relevant considerations, is of opinion that they should be
entitled to preference equally with applicants of any of the
hereinbefore specified classes.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT-FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Egmont County.-Cape Survey District.
(Native Land Settlement Account.)

SECTION 44, Block IX : Area, 114 acres 0 roods 16 perches.
Capital value, £310. Half-yearly rent, £7 15s.

After payment of the first half-year's rent in advance,
broken period rent (if any), and lease fee, a remission of rent
for a period of three years will be allowed provided improve-
ments to value of £50 are effected annually.

This property is situated on the Wataroa Road, about two
miles from the Main South Road, and about twenty-eight
miles from New Plymouth Railway-station, and about three
miles from Pungarehu School, dairy factory, post-office, and
store. The section comprises about 90 acres bush land, felled
and grassed, now mostly reverted to second growth.

Valuation for improvements, comprising old shed, about
50 chains fencing, and about 90 acres felling and grassing is
included in capital value. Blackberry and ragwort are pre-
valent, but when cleared up the area should make a good
dairying proposition. About two-thirds of the area is plough-
able. The Wataroa Road is metalled up to the farm.

ABSTRACT OF CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease, sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of
   renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.

2. Rent, 5 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable
   on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applica-
   tions, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease
   fee), and a half-year's rent. Rent for the broken period
   between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following
   is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be
   simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days
   after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land
   or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open
   land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain
   conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

9. Improvements.--Lessee is required to improve the land
   within one year to the value of 10 per cent, of the price;
   within two years to the value of another 10 per cent. of the
   price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of
   another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the fore-
   going, and within six years, improvements are also to be
   effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land,
   10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every
   acre of third-class land.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes, and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years'
    continuous residence, except under extraordinary circum-
    stances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the land at any time
    within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed
    for area taken for such roads.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of
Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

W. B. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/19373.)

Education Reserve in Hawke's Bay Land District for Lease by
Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Napier, 23rd September, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned educa-
tion reserves will be offered for lease by public auction
at the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier, at 10.30
o'clock a.m. on Friday, 31st October, 1930, under the provisions
of the Education Reserves Act, 1928, and the Public Bodies'
Leases Act, 1908, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

HAWKE'S BAY LAND DISTRICT.
Hawke's Bay County.--Township of Clive.

SECTION 8 : Area, 37 perches. Upset annual rent, 10s.
Section 75 : Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rent, 10s.
Section 107 : Area, 1 acre. Upset annual rent, £2.
Section 282 : Area, 32 perches. Upset annual rent, 10s.
Section 283 : Area, 1 rood. Upset annual rent, 10s.
Section 370 : Area, 38 perches. Upset annual rent, 10s.
Section 371 : Area, 1 rood 4 perches. Upset annual rent,
10s.
Section 372 : Area, 1 rood 31 perches. Upset annual rent,
10s.

The lessee of Section 75 will have the opportunity of leasing
Section 69 (adjoining Crown land) at an annual rent of 10s.
The sections are adjacent to the Clive Township, which is
situated seven miles from Napier, and are suitable for grazing.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months' rent at the rate offered and £2 2s. (lease fee)
   must be deposited on acceptance of bid.

2. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with perpetual right
   of renewal for further similar terms at rentals based on fresh
   valuations under the provisions of the Public Bodies' Leases
   Act, 1908.

3. Rent payable half-yearly in advance.

4. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all build-
   ings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains,
   ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and
   yield up all improvements in good order and condition at
   the expiration of his lease.

5. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the
   consent of the Land Board.

6. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the
   consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive
   trade upon the land.